Bastrop City Council will consider a professional services agreement with Round Rock-based Place Designers at a future meeting for a feasibility study on Bastrop West—a project featuring a hotel and convention center, hospital and more—that would be located at the intersection of Hwy. 20 and Hwy. 71.

“The agenda item seeks to determine the viability and potential return on investment of the project types, as incentives will be requested by the development group,” City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino said in a Sept. 23 staff report.

The details

According to Carillo-Trevino, the mixed-use development would be situated on about 400 acres, and would include:

• A medical mall with a hospital and clinics
• A hotel and convention center
• Area for outdoor entertainment, such as concerts
• Fields for youth sports

“This is super exciting as we continue to grow and the line between Travis County and Bastrop County is really blurred,” she said during her State of the City address in early September.

How we got here

Although the $96,000 professional services agreement with Place Designers was listed on the agenda for Sept. 23, council members opted to strike the item.

There was no public discussion as to why.

“It will be on a future agenda item,” Bastrop Mayor Ishmael Harris said during the meeting. “So, being that we are striking it, I don’t think that there’s any need for comment on it.”

The outlook

The next Bastrop City Council meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Bastrop City Hall, 1311 Chestnut St.